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Comment Follow-Up Mission next year if... (Score 2) 44

The follow-up mission, with more antennas, better shielding, and better noise-rejection is in preparation for launch in Dec 2025 or Jan 2026. https://pueo.space/ That is if the NASA Scientific Balloon Program https://www.csbf.nasa.gov/ survives the "Move fast and break things" budget chainsaw taken to the NASA budget. To loose this program and the PUEO mission and other upcoming balloon missions would be incredibly short-sighted.

Comment Read it before it's gone (Score 1) 178

That would be an NREL report with a nice explanation and analysis of grid inertia in the US. https://docs.nrel.gov/docs/fy2... A key take-away from "Inertia and the Power Grid: A Guide Without the Spin" Using power electronics, inverter-based resources including wind, solar, and storage can quickly detect frequency deviations and respond to system imbalances. Tapping into electronic-based resources for this “fast frequency response” can enable response rates many times faster than traditional mechanical response from conventional generators, thereby reducing the need for inertia. The report also has some observations on the Texas ERCOT grid. Sure would be nice to see a follow-up as this report dates from 2020, But it's not the sort thing the trusk thought police are likely to allow.

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